Gas-Gussler Act

[Carnoly]

NOTING the ever so growing population of people on the roads.

AWARE of the economical problems this bill could cause.

CONFIDENT that a scientific breakthrough could bring us a revolution of the car industry.

OUTLAWING cars that do not get twenty miles to the gallon (12 litres for 100 km)

PROPOSING that the only cars that are allowed on the roads are ones that get 20 miles to the gallon or better , or 11 litres for 100 km or better.

[Nordicus]

I am against this, as it does not specify what is meant by a "car." While it would be reasonable to assume that it means personal vehicles, I could see it being used against pickup trucks and such that are similar to cars, but have workload requirements that reduce their fuel efficiency.

[A mean old man]

I think this is a joke proposal?

[The Emmerian Unions]

I think this is a joke proposal?

Not sure on that, but Guzzler is spelled with two z's and not two s's.

[The Wee Mac Feegles]

Crivens! Nae this again?

[Rutianas]

One question.

What's gas?

These are concepts we don't quite understand in the Imperial Republic.

Major point here. Why should we outlaw our transportation methods, which we do call cars for short, because they do not get more than 'twenty miles to the gallon'? Our own methods of transportation work just fine for us and we do not have these gas cars that get more than twenty miles to the gallon. We don't have this stuff called 'gas' that's referred to in the title of your proposal.

Paula Jenner, Rutianas Ambassador

[Grays Harbor]

NOTING the ever so growing population of people on the roads.

AWARE of the economical problems this bill could cause.

CONFIDENT that a scientific breakthrough could bring us a revolution of the car industry.

OUTLAWING cars that do not get twenty miles to the gallon (12 litres for 100 km)

PROPOSING that the only cars that are allowed on the roads are ones that get 20 miles to the gallon or better , or 11 litres for 100 km or better.

Ye Gods, where to start...

1.) Don't submit a proposal for delegate vote THEN post it here for debate.

2.) Don't ban something, then include as part of the proposal "Gee, we HOPE that sometime in the future somebody will think something up to replace that which we banned."

3.) Don't use specific "markers". That rarely, if ever, works out well.

4.) Try for something international in scope, not what is pretty much a domestic issue.

[Grays Harbor]

I think this is a joke proposal?

No, it can't be. Jokes have a punchline. This is more in the "Bloody Stupid" category.

[Lootie]

I think this is a joke proposal?

No, it can't be. Jokes have a punchline. This is more in the "Bloody Stupid" category.

Have you noticed the cars that former Veep Gore demands the rest of us peons drive?
It's no joke.

[Grays Harbor]

I think this is a joke proposal?

No, it can't be. Jokes have a punchline. This is more in the "Bloody Stupid" category.

Have you noticed the cars that former Veep Gore demands the rest of us peons drive?
It's no joke.

Gore is a joke, but that is neither here nor there, and has no place in the GA.

This proposal, however, is a joke, as has been noticed by more than a few.

[Charlotte Ryberg]

I think the proposal is a bit to radical. If we were to care about sustainable governments, it should be simply the member states must introduce and enforce legislation to force car manufacturers to research and produce cars that would drive further for less resources. Classic 4-star, 97 and 98 unleaded, diesel and LPG, as sold widely back home, are not the only types of car fuel in the world.

[Esperantujo 2]

A "car" is understood to be a personal transportation device, powered by internal combustion and using more than two wheels. Although these are banned in Esperantujo 2, we cannot impose our red/green ideology on other nations.
The problem of fuel is another matter. The proposed resolution specifies fuel volume. A litre of gasoline, diesel, ethanol, LPG, hydrogen, plutonium etc are not equivalent.
Esperantujo 2's sympathy is with the proposer, but we're not endorsing.

[Bazatia]

I can't endorse this proposal, because this is a domestic problem. Besides, it is horribly written.

[Tzorsland]

[float=left][/float]Does this really deserve my time?
Well no, but I’m bored and snowed out of my TARDIS.

NO!

The reasons for this are complex and detailed but they all come down to stupid. Let us first consider the opening reason for this resolution, the first line. It’s hard for a resolution to go downhill from there since it already starts at the center of the planet!

“NOTING the ever so growing population of people on the roads.”

No, no, a thousand times no; never a full stop at the end of the line. Aside from that nit pick, the notion that there is a horde of people, increasing in number, standing on all the roads of all the nations in the WA is just plain stupid. The nation of Tzorsland has a special highway plough system to clear our roads of all unwanted people.

Bah humbug, I’ll just skip to the meat of this resolution. (Where’s the beef?)

“OUTLAWING cars that do not get twenty miles to the gallon (12 litres for 100 km)

PROPOSING that the only cars that are allowed on the roads are ones that get 20 miles to the gallon or better , or 11 litres for 100 km or better.”

First, you OUTLAW, you don’t OUTLAWING, secondly don’t be a wimp, you’re writing a WA resolution; find a more manly verb than “PROPOSING.” I propose you start all over, and submit your edited copy into the WA circular file.

Assuming you have outlawed all cars of a certain criteria, then you don’t need to prohibit them on roads, as it stands to reason outlawed cars should not be allowed on roads. However, it does bring up a point that in WA nations, not all roads are public roads, thus this is also a private property issue.

(You do realize that this will only encourage the development of cars that run under coal right?)

[Lootie]

If you're a True Blue Red Socialist, this is Your Car.

The Trabant:



Its "engine"


How it often was propelled:



And a history lesson On The Trabant and Socialism.

[A mean old man]

Interesting how the OP has not replied once since his/her initial post.

[Bazatia]

Interesting how the OP has not replied once since his/her initial post.

They probably saw the responses, and don't want to be ridiculed even more than they already are

[Hirota]

NOTING the ever so growing population of people on the roads.

AWARE of the economical problems this bill could cause.

CONFIDENT that a scientific breakthrough could bring us a revolution of the car industry.

OUTLAWING cars that do not get twenty miles to the gallon (12 litres for 100 km)

PROPOSING that the only cars that are allowed on the roads are ones that get 20 miles to the gallon or better , or 11 litres for 100 km or better.

Legislation that encourages collaboration on developing more efficient engines might do better.

[Jeffro Topia]

This is quite ridiculous to outlaw cars that don't get a certain gas mileage. It is also ridiculous that in this act we actually hope that some "breakthrough" will save us all. I will have to vote no on this if it came to a vote and would urge my fellow members to do so as well.

[The Palentine]

My Empress will definately not support this drivel. Her Imperial Hottness is particularly fond of her Mustang Shelby 500GT, and her '69 Mustang Boss 429.
Excelsior,
Sen. Horatio Sulla

[Arkinesia]

My Empress will definately not support this drivel. Her Imperial Hottness is particularly fond of her Mustang Shelby 500GT, and her '69 Mustang Boss 429.
Excelsior,
Sen. Horatio Sulla

Well, Senator Sulla, I see your Empress has a fine taste in automobiles…

Really, this proposal is a bit nutty though, for reasons I believe I've mentioned. Allow me to check once more.

Ah, I see I haven't said much here.

I did mention elsewhere that our vehicles run on hydrogen fuel or algae-based biodiesel, which in fact have negative carbon emissions due to the processes by which the fuels are made. Our scientists have worked long and hard in privately-owned laboratories and have found the godhand of automotive fuels, the algae-based gasoline, which, although still expensive, would allow classics such as the Empress of Palentine's there, to not just be run, but be run without emitting any greenhouse gases!

Really, this resolution isn't very valuable. Many of us WA-ers have grown up and realized the low value of gasoline-powered cars.